Leo Varadkar has said that America has emulated Ireland’s tax policy and he will not be criticising Donald Trump about the US administration’s tax changes when he meets him.

Mr Varadkar said he would raise the matter of corporation tax at today’s bilateral meeting at the White House. “What President Trump has done in many ways is emulate our tax policy,” he added.

“He’s decided that it makes sense to have lower tax for business and it makes sense to tax companies on money they make in your country rather than trying to tax them on money they make in other parts of the world. So if anything I’ll be congratulating him that he’s successfully changed America’s tax laws and brought them more into line…